---
title: 'The Tin Drum (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Volker Schlöndorff'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 142
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tin-drum-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078875/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tin Drum (1979)

1979 · R · 142 min · Drama, War · Germany, France

Original title: Die Blechtrommel

## Synopsis

The Tin Drum is a 1979 anti-war film adapted from Günter Grass's 1959 novel, directed by Volker Schlöndorff from a screenplay co-written by Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Franz Seitz. It stars Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, and Charles Aznavour, with David Bennent in the lead role of Oskar Matzerath, a young boy who willfully arrests his own physical development and remains in the body of a child even as he enters adulthood.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere), [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff), [Günter Grass](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-grass), [Franz Seitz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-seitz-jr)
- **Director:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- **Producer:** [Franz Seitz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-seitz-jr), [Anatole Dauman](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-dauman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Director of Photography:** [Igor Luther](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-luther)
- **Editor:** [Suzanne Baron](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzanne-baron)

## Cast

- [Anne Bennent](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bennent) as Mädchen bei der Trauerfeier
- [Wojciech Pszoniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/wojciech-pszoniak) as Mariusz Fajngold
- [Berta Drews](https://cinepixo.com/people/berta-drews) as Anna Koljaiczek
- [Fritz Hakl](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-hakl) as Bebra
- [Henning Schlüter](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-schluter) as Doktor Hollatz
- [Helmut Brasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-brasch) as Der alte Heilandt
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf) as Alfred Matzerath
- [Emil Feist](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-feist) as 1. Zirkusartist
- [Lech Grzmociński](https://cinepixo.com/people/lech-grzmocinski) as Stauer
- [Ronald Nitschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-nitschke) as Sowjetischer Soldat
- [Bruno Thost](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-thost) as Obergefreiter Lankes
- [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere) as Grigori Rasputin
- [Katharina Thalbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharina-thalbach) as Maria Matzerath
- [Dietrich Frauboes](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-frauboes) as Oberstabsarzt
- [Marek Walczewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/marek-walczewski) as Schugger Leo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tin-drum-1979
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